Sunshade-handle



(No Model.) B SUNSHADE HANDLE.

No. 370,459. Patented. Sept. 2'7, 188?.

WITNESSES N. PETERS. Pholo-Lllhngmphor, Wuhingtcn. D. a

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIoE.

ELIZABETH FAASEN, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

SUNSHADE-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,459, dated September 2'7, 1887,

Application filed March 31, 1887. Serial No. 233,167.

tion, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to improve sunshades and parasols by providing their handles with one or more small mirrors, whereby a lady or other persons carryi ng them may conveniently View themselves or objects at their sides or back. a

The invention consists in the construction, novel arrangement, and adaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. 1

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the handle portion of a sunshade-stick, showing my improvement attached. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the dottedlineswwof Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention I first take a sunshade-stick, which may be of any ordinary or fanciful configuration, and recess the handle of the same longitudinally for a sufficient distance, as from the pointsa to 12, forming protecting-shoulders cat the ends of these recesses. It should be observed that in forming these recesses a sufficient portion should be left beneath them for the convenience and firm grip of the person carrying it.

(No model.)

B B indicate mirrors, which are of a length and width to snugly fill the said recesses on opposite sides of the handle or stick. These mirrors are firmly cemented or otherwise secured in position, so as to make a neat joint with the handle. v

C 0 indicate protecting-strips,which maybe of an ornamental character, and should be of a width slightly greater than that of the mirrors. These strips I have been making from polished bone; but they may be of any suitable material and cemented in the recesses of the handle against the opposite edges of the glass or mirrors. The longitudinal edges of these strips 0 project, as at d, and serve as a guard to the ,mirrors, preventing them from breakage and injury.

Vhile I have shown the mirrors as being rectangular in outline, yet it is obvious that the same may be made round or of other suitable shape.

Having described this invention, what I claim is-- A sunshade having its handle recessed, as described, in combination with one or more mirrors cemented in the said recesses, and facjug-strips, also cemented at the edge thereof,and having their edges extended to form guards, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIZABETH FAASEN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE J. YENEWINE, HENRY THOMSON. 

